1 Introduction

This chapter provides an overview on how to use Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect (OracleAS Integration InterConnect) Adapter for File Transfer Protocol (FTP adapter). It contains the following:

• FTP Adapter Overview

• FTP Adapter System Requirements

• Known FTP Adapter Limitations

1.1 FTP Adapter Overview

The FTP adapter enables an FTP application to be integrated with other applications using OracleAS Integration InterConnect. The FTP adapter is useful in all Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) environments that use FTP. EAI is the integration of applications and business processes within the same company.

The FTP adapter can monitor incoming messages which are in the form of FTP files placed in a remote FTP server or on local file systems. The FTP adapter is also capable of sending messages to remote FTP servers by proxy host. The payload for this adapter can be XML data or D3L data.

See Also: Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect User's Guide

shows the data flow of incoming messages, from remote FTP server/local file system to OracleAS Integration InterConnect.

Figure 1-1 Incoming Messages Diagram

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Figure 1-2 shows the data flow of outgoing messages from OracleAS Integration InterConnect to the remote FTP Server.

Figure 1-2 Outgoing Messages Diagram

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1.2 FTP Adapter System Requirements

The following sections describe the FTP adapter system requirements:

• Hardware Requirements

• Software Requirements

1.2.1 Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the computer where the FTP adapter will be installed.

Table 1-1 Hardware Requirements

Hardware	Windows	UNIX
Disk Space	500 MB	500 MB
Memory	128 MB	128 MB

1.2.2 Software Requirements

The following sections describe the FTP adapter software requirements:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-2 lists the operating system requirements for the computer where the FTP adapter will be installed.

Table 1-2 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
HP Tru64	HP Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) 5.1b
HP-UX	HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.11, 11.23
IBM AIX	AIX (POWER) version 5.2
Linux (x86)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 SuSE SLES8, SLES9
Sun SPARC Solaris	Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8 and 2.9
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000( SP3 or higher)

JRE Requirements

OracleAS Integration InterConnect uses Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4, which is installed with its components.

1.3 Known FTP Adapter Limitations

The FTP adapter has the following limitations:

• Does not support secure FTP.

• Does not support file-filtering features.

• Can only receive from a single FTP or file endpoint.

• The sending endpoint and receiving endpoint are restricted to FTP and file endpoints.